Brian Moore: Andy Farrell must pick Lions coaching staff that make non-Irish players feel they have fair chance
Andy Farrell, Head Coach of the British & Irish Lions. Picture: David Rogers/Getty Images
There are peculiar challenges for everyone concerned with the forthcoming British and Irish Lions tour to Australia. Some of these are common to all such series and some will be specific to this particular iteration.
In a matter of a few weeks the players and coaches have to meld the playing styles and cultural ethoses of four different countries into a cohesive unit that is more than the sum of its parts. This is the delicious prospect with Lions tours, you could get the best players from all four unions combining to be a sum that is greater than their constituent parts. Sometimes it goes right; sometimes it goes wrong − and I have experienced both.
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